Managerial Decisions: Uses and Abuses of Data Analytics

3 units

This course is designed to provide students and business professionals the vocabulary and key concepts needed to utilize data analytics and understand associated techniques for decision making. Topics include data wrangling, data visualization, assessment, modelling, and ethics associated with analytics. Students will learn to evaluate and analyze data, understanding outcomes and limitations, in order to work effectively with data scientists who design and run studies. Through assignments and projects, students will be able to examine applications of data analytics from their current work or studies.